[kmymoney] [Bug 469431] Need better way to handle changes in stock price quote source

[KB.claim]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469431

--- Comment #42 from KB.claim <kb.claim at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Thomas Baumgart from comment #41)
> Thanks to all who were chasing the code of Portfolio-Performance. I took a
> look and not surprisingly, it does the same as ours, just differently.
> 
> On the pros side I only see the capability to update changes in a
> centralized fashion but that relies on a code change that only selected
> people (developers) can do and requires an update of the whole program after
> a change. So the burden to provide a working version is on the developers.
> 
> The way KMyMoney tackles the data extraction functionality is more flexible
> and allows the users to make necessary modifications themselves without
> intervention of any developer when the data provider changes their URL or
> page format by simply posting the updated value to a forum and/or mailing
> list.
> 
> This is a problem without a 100% solution and we will be bitten again in the
> future when the data provider decides to make changes for whatever reason.
> Since the whole topic as a known issue without a solution I will close it
> here for good and classify it as a downstream problem.

if portfolio performance on a technical level does the same i cannot say. 
as a user i can say there is a massive difference.
in portfolio performance there was not a single issue with the update of stock
prices / FX.
in kmymoney they are permanent and so much that its the normal that updates
dont work.
a mailing list to distribute updates - please can you explain which mailing
list and how that works, because I always ended up googling for hours when
updates failed again - often for days until this could be resolved.
I understand that the developer changed mode is certainly not an option for
mMyMoney which has not been updated for 18 month or so.
i think the online price updates are an essential feature for a personal
accounting tool.
kmm is not for the masses, it is an experimental tool with no visible
development, non existent documentation and "mail lists". All fine, but it
should be marked and described as such, as experimental tool that is not
maintained and functions just disappear, such that people like me who are
interested in managing their finances are not "lured" into a experimental
software project. I wished such information was available when I researched the
alternatives, e.g. GnuCash and MMX.

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